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Key West Quail Dove
Caption on print: Key West Pigeon
The
Key West Quail Dove was painted in Key West on May 6, 1832, from a bird
shot by Sargeant Sykes, one of Audubon's local guides. These doves used
to migrate between Cuba and the Florida Keys. Audubon saw flocks. Today,
the rare sighting of one, as happened in 1987, brings birdwatchers to
the Keys from all over the country.
The purple flowers in Lehman's background are the railroad-vine. The
white flowers are the rubber-vine.
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